MU Peeves Thread
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I think I have shown in various posts over the years that I always think the worst is about me. Brain weasel. Rejection sensitivity. Whatever we want to call it.
I do this exact thing.
On the flip side. I also tell people that I want to scene or I’m good to scene. Then I forget who I talked to. Not because I don’t care, but because my brain didn’t retain. So those weeks I’m also kind of hoping they ask again.
I do find that can we meet on X date at X time does work better for me. I should get more in that habit.
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@RightMeow That’s pretty much me too. I reach out to a dozen people but then I forget who I already talked to and really, the safest way to catch me is to ping me and be like, ‘you there, make a thing happen’.
That said, ping me anytime you visit.
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what @Pavel said a few replies back…
… I want a turn with The Brain Cell. ._.
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lol. just… lol.
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If you are paging me out of the blue, come to the damned point in the first one or two pages.
That’s it, that’s my peeve.
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Yeah. Could do without the “hey” or “waves” page. Just say the thing. Or include the thing with the hey or the wave.
ETA: I more exactly mean when I have to wait several minutes for the ask, or have to initiate the “what’s up?” before the ask comes.
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I mean, if it’s a friend then just a wave makes sense, of course.
If it’s someone I don’t know very well, or a stranger (especially if I’m staffing), then I know there’s another reason for it, and it feels like the most awkward thing ever to have what amounts to small talk with a customer that just approached you at the service desk.
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no one ever greet me
or face the consequences
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when someone i don’t know pages “hi” and i say hi back and then they say “how’s it going” i want to scream
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Okay cool haha I wasn’t already scared to page people
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@tsar hey there
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@tsar …
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…What’s up
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@Floof said in MU Peeves Thread:
Okay cool haha I wasn’t already scared to page people
Engaging with people is scary, I get that. But it’s just as scary to have a stranger page you randomly without knowing who they are or what they want.
“Hi, I’m <short description of who you are> and I <why you are paging>.”
e.g.: Hi, I’m Pavel the Camarilla Toreador and I was looking over your wiki and saw we had some RP hooks in common and wanted to see if you were interested in RP about them.
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Maybe a better example, imagine calling up someone you don’t know on the phone and asking them how their day’s been, rather than “hello, I’m <name>, I’m calling for <reason>”.
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And this is why I will let the phone ring and they can text me if they need.
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@tsar Hi, have time to chat for a sec?
And then I follow this up by not saying anything again for 30 minutes.
